System and methods for home appliance identification and control in a networked environment

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7379778
APP PUB NO 20060259184A1
SERIAL NO

11491758

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A home control and automation system and method. The system generally includes one or more wireless remote controls, a plurality of appliances (including network enabled appliances and traditional legacy appliances in the exemplary system), associated control centric devices, and associated content centric devices. Various methods for control and operation of appliances in the networked home control and automation environment are disclosed. Specifically, methods are disclosed which enable advanced home control features such as location based control setup and operation, network enabled legacy appliances and system integration, save and recall capabilities for appliance and media states, generic command based appliance controls, dynamic/complex macro command generation, and Internet based control capabilities from remote locations are disclosed in conjunction with the system of the current invention.

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  • UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Black, Jeremy Santa Ana, CA 19 2040
Hayes, Patrick H Mission Viejo, CA 263 13797

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